diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 04167b3c..51d8b03f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ galera_repo: "{{ _galera_repo }}"
 # Set the gpg keys needed to be imported
 galera_gpg_keys: "{{ _galera_gpg_keys | default([]) }}"
 
-# Set the URL for the Percona Xtrabackup repository
-galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo_url: "{{ _galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo_url | default('') }}"
-
 # Set the rpo information for the Percona Xtrabackup repository
 galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo: "{{ _galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo | default({}) }}"
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-galera-percona-xtrabackup-repo-url-95614d0672f4bcb0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-galera-percona-xtrabackup-repo-url-95614d0672f4bcb0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b58af701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-galera-percona-xtrabackup-repo-url-95614d0672f4bcb0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo_url`` variable which was used on
+    Ubuntu distributions to select the upstream Percona repository has been
+    dropped and the default upstream repository is always used from now on.
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
index ea948764..1aa5c7fc 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ qpress_arch_sha256:
   ppc64le: "a31d3e00dbcec9b3f98eae82b261d054d0b80a57f4a38967d0e953811cb082f3"
 
 # Repositories
-_galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo_url: "http://repo.percona.com/apt"
 _galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo:
-  repo: "deb {{ galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo_url }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
+  repo: "deb http://repo.percona.com/apt {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
   state: "present"
   filename: "Percona"